Assistant professor
Faculty of Arts
Linguistics

Contact Information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (1759)
E-mail: kaitire@uOttawa.ca
Website

Preferred Method of Contact:

Office Telephone

Research Information:

My research concentrates on the grammatical structure of the indigenous languages spoken in the lowlands of South America, in particular that of Mebengokre, spoken by approximately 10.000 people in central Brazil.

More broadly, I'm interested in Eastern Brazil and the Chaco as cultural areas, in their ethnographic, historical, archaeological and linguistic aspects.

Areas of Expertise:

• Anthropology
• Archives
• Bilingualism
• Dialects
• Minority languages
• Modern languages and literatures
• Native teacher education

Language Preference:

French and English, Espagnol/Spanish, Portugais/Portuguese, Mebengokre